rhizomycelium

noun

rhi·​zo·​mycelium

"+

plural rhizomycelia

: an aggregation of gradually attenuated hyphal branches (as in the fungi of the family Cladochytriaceae) having fertile regions developed at various points

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from rhiz- + mycelium

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